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The GOATs- best teams and players from various generations.  The players are ranked within the generation they played. Presenting the rankings for 5 generations starting from oldest to newest. Updated - 31st Jul 2025.

Group Sub-Group SG_rank Team (or Player) Stats
World_100 Gen1 1 Sydney Barnes (England) flag Sydney Barnes (England) M-27 | R-242 | BaA-8 | W-189 | BoA-16 | Ct/St-12 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-38.82
World_100 Gen1 2 Wally Hammond (England) flag Wally Hammond (England) M-85 | R-7249 | BaA-58 | W-83 | BoA-38 | Ct/St-110 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-26.68
World_100 Gen1 3 Donald Bradman (Australia) flag Donald Bradman (Australia) M-52 | R-6996 | BaA-100 | W-2 | BoA-36 | Ct/St-32 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-31.26
World_100 Gen1 4 Clarrie Grimmett (Australia) flag Clarrie Grimmett (Australia) M-37 | R-557 | BaA-14 | W-216 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-17 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-32.09
World_100 Gen1 5 Bruce Mitchell (South Africa) flag Bruce Mitchell (South Africa) M-42 | R-3471 | BaA-49 | W-27 | BoA-51 | Ct/St-56 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-30.36
World_100 Gen1 6 Wilfred Rhodes (England) flag Wilfred Rhodes (England) M-58 | R-2325 | BaA-30 | W-127 | BoA-27 | Ct/St-60 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-27.52
World_100 Gen1 7 Jack Hobbs (England) flag Jack Hobbs (England) M-61 | R-5410 | BaA-57 | W-1 | BoA-165 | Ct/St-17 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-25.82
World_100 Gen1 8 Frank Woolley (England) flag Frank Woolley (England) M-64 | R-3283 | BaA-36 | W-83 | BoA-34 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-24.80
World_100 Gen2 1 Garry Sobers (West Indies) flag Garry Sobers (West Indies) M-93 | R-8032 | BaA-58 | W-235 | BoA-34 | Ct/St-109 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-34.91
World_100 Gen2 2 Richie Benaud (Australia) flag Richie Benaud (Australia) M-63 | R-2201 | BaA-24 | W-248 | BoA-27 | Ct/St-65 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-31.38
World_100 Gen2 3 Fred Trueman (England) flag Fred Trueman (England) M-67 | R-981 | BaA-14 | W-307 | BoA-22 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-27.98
World_100 Gen2 4 Alan Davidson (Australia) flag Alan Davidson (Australia) M-44 | R-1328 | BaA-25 | W-186 | BoA-21 | Ct/St-42 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-31.60
World_100 Gen2 5 Vinoo Mankad (India) flag Vinoo Mankad (India) M-44 | R-2109 | BaA-31 | W-162 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-33 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-31.12
World_100 Gen2 6 Keith Miller (Australia) flag Keith Miller (Australia) M-55 | R-2958 | BaA-37 | W-170 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-38 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-29.13
World_100 Gen2 7 Frank Worrell (West Indies) flag Frank Worrell (West Indies) M-51 | R-3860 | BaA-49 | W-69 | BoA-39 | Ct/St-43 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-28.44
World_100 Gen2 8 Alec Bedser (England) flag Alec Bedser (England) M-51 | R-714 | BaA-13 | W-236 | BoA-25 | Ct/St-26 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-28.12
World_100 Gen2 9 Leonard Hutton (England) flag Leonard Hutton (England) M-79 | R-6971 | BaA-57 | W-3 | BoA-77 | Ct/St-57 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-24.18
World_100 Gen2 10 Neil Harvey (Australia) flag Neil Harvey (Australia) M-79 | R-6149 | BaA-48 | W-3 | BoA-40 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-24.12
World_100 Gen2 11 Ray Lindwall (Australia) flag Ray Lindwall (Australia) M-61 | R-1502 | BaA-21 | W-228 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-26 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-26.25
World_100 Gen2 12 John Reid (New Zealand) flag John Reid (New Zealand) M-58 | R-3428 | BaA-33 | W-85 | BoA-33 | Ct/St-44 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-26.62
World_100 Gen2 13 Denis Compton (England) flag Denis Compton (England) M-78 | R-5807 | BaA-50 | W-25 | BoA-56 | Ct/St-49 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-23.18
World_100 Gen2 14 Bob Simpson (Australia) flag Bob Simpson (Australia) M-62 | R-4869 | BaA-47 | W-71 | BoA-42 | Ct/St-110 | FPM-1.8 | avgCR-29.91
World_100 Gen2 15 Lance Gibbs (West Indies) flag Lance Gibbs (West Indies) M-79 | R-488 | BaA-7 | W-309 | BoA-29 | Ct/St-52 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-25.42
World_100 Gen2 16 Colin Cowdrey (England) flag Colin Cowdrey (England) M-114 | R-7624 | BaA-44 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-120 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-22.16
World_100 Gen2 17 Ken Barrington (England) flag Ken Barrington (England) M-82 | R-6806 | BaA-59 | W-29 | BoA-45 | Ct/St-58 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-24.73
World_100 Gen3 1 Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) flag Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) M-86 | R-3124 | BaA-27 | W-431 | BoA-22 | Ct/St-39 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-37.13
World_100 Gen3 2 Ian Botham (England) flag Ian Botham (England) M-102 | R-5200 | BaA-34 | W-383 | BoA-28 | Ct/St-120 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-34.94
World_100 Gen3 3 Kapil Dev (India) flag Kapil Dev (India) M-131 | R-5248 | BaA-31 | W-434 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-30.04
World_100 Gen3 4 Imran Khan (Pakistan) flag Imran Khan (Pakistan) M-88 | R-3807 | BaA-38 | W-362 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-28 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-33.22
World_100 Gen3 5 Allan Border (Australia) flag Allan Border (Australia) M-156 | R-11174 | BaA-51 | W-39 | BoA-39 | Ct/St-156 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-24.69
World_100 Gen3 6 Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) flag Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) M-81 | R-1810 | BaA-19 | W-376 | BoA-21 | Ct/St-25 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-29.92
World_100 Gen3 7 Sunil Gavaskar (India) flag Sunil Gavaskar (India) M-125 | R-10122 | BaA-51 | W-1 | BoA-206 | Ct/St-108 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-25.80
World_100 Gen3 8 Graham Gooch (England) flag Graham Gooch (England) M-118 | R-8900 | BaA-43 | W-23 | BoA-46 | Ct/St-103 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-26.44
World_100 Gen3 9 Dennis Lillee (Australia) flag Dennis Lillee (Australia) M-70 | R-905 | BaA-14 | W-355 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-23 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-30.69
World_100 Gen3 10 Viv Richards (West Indies) flag Viv Richards (West Indies) M-121 | R-8540 | BaA-50 | W-32 | BoA-61 | Ct/St-122 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-25.53
World_100 Gen3 11 Tony Greig (England) flag Tony Greig (England) M-58 | R-3599 | BaA-40 | W-141 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-87 | FPM-1.5 | avgCR-30.60
World_100 Gen3 12 Greg Chappell (Australia) flag Greg Chappell (Australia) M-87 | R-7110 | BaA-54 | W-47 | BoA-41 | Ct/St-122 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-27.12
World_100 Gen3 13 Clive Lloyd (West Indies) flag Clive Lloyd (West Indies) M-110 | R-7515 | BaA-47 | W-10 | BoA-62 | Ct/St-90 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-23.56
World_100 Gen3 14 Geoff Boycott (England) flag Geoff Boycott (England) M-108 | R-8114 | BaA-48 | W-7 | BoA-55 | Ct/St-33 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-23.62
World_100 Gen3 15 Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) flag Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) M-108 | R-7558 | BaA-45 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-96 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-23.50
World_100 Gen3 16 Michael Holding (West Indies) flag Michael Holding (West Indies) M-60 | R-910 | BaA-14 | W-249 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-22 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-28.08
World_100 Gen3 17 Javed Miandad (Pakistan) flag Javed Miandad (Pakistan) M-124 | R-8832 | BaA-53 | W-17 | BoA-40 | Ct/St-94 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-22.42
World_100 Gen3 18 David Gower (England) flag David Gower (England) M-117 | R-8231 | BaA-44 | W-1 | BoA-20 | Ct/St-74 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-22.67
World_100 Gen3 19 Bob Willis (England) flag Bob Willis (England) M-90 | R-840 | BaA-12 | W-325 | BoA-25 | Ct/St-39 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-24.32
World_100 Gen3 20 Derek Underwood (England) flag Derek Underwood (England) M-86 | R-937 | BaA-12 | W-297 | BoA-26 | Ct/St-44 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-23.42
World_100 Gen3 21 Dilip Vengsarkar (India) flag Dilip Vengsarkar (India) M-116 | R-6868 | BaA-42 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-78 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-20.69
World_100 Gen4 1 Shane Warne (Australia) flag Shane Warne (Australia) M-145 | R-3154 | BaA-17 | W-708 | BoA-25 | Ct/St-125 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-32.90
World_100 Gen4 2 Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka) flag Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka) M-133 | R-1261 | BaA-12 | W-800 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-72 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-35.15
World_100 Gen4 3 Jacques Kallis (South Africa) flag Jacques Kallis (South Africa) M-166 | R-13289 | BaA-55 | W-292 | BoA-33 | Ct/St-200 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-31.44
World_100 Gen4 4 Brian Lara (West Indies) flag Brian Lara (West Indies) M-131 | R-11953 | BaA-53 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-164 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-28.89
World_100 Gen4 5 Anil Kumble (India) flag Anil Kumble (India) M-132 | R-2506 | BaA-18 | W-619 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-60 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-29.96
World_100 Gen4 6 Sachin Tendulkar (India) flag Sachin Tendulkar (India) M-200 | R-15921 | BaA-54 | W-46 | BoA-54 | Ct/St-115 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-25.97
World_100 Gen4 7 Wasim Akram (Pakistan) flag Wasim Akram (Pakistan) M-104 | R-2898 | BaA-23 | W-414 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-44 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-29.07
World_100 Gen4 8 Shaun Pollock (South Africa) flag Shaun Pollock (South Africa) M-108 | R-3781 | BaA-32 | W-421 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-72 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-30.33
World_100 Gen4 9 Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) flag Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) M-113 | R-4531 | BaA-30 | W-362 | BoA-34 | Ct/St-58 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-29.52
World_100 Gen4 10 Chris Cairns (New Zealand) flag Chris Cairns (New Zealand) M-62 | R-3320 | BaA-34 | W-218 | BoA-29 | Ct/St-14 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-32.03
World_100 Gen4 11 Virender Sehwag (India) flag Virender Sehwag (India) M-104 | R-8586 | BaA-49 | W-40 | BoA-47 | Ct/St-91 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-29.86
World_100 Gen4 12 Courtney Walsh (West Indies) flag Courtney Walsh (West Indies) M-132 | R-936 | BaA-8 | W-519 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-29 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-25.95
World_100 Gen4 13 Steve Waugh (Australia) flag Steve Waugh (Australia) M-168 | R-10927 | BaA-51 | W-92 | BoA-37 | Ct/St-112 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-23.13
World_100 Gen4 14 Ricky Ponting (Australia) flag Ricky Ponting (Australia) M-168 | R-13378 | BaA-52 | W-5 | BoA-55 | Ct/St-196 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-25.19
World_100 Gen4 15 Glenn McGrath (Australia) flag Glenn McGrath (Australia) M-124 | R-641 | BaA-7 | W-563 | BoA-22 | Ct/St-38 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-27.47
World_100 Gen4 16 Harbhajan Singh (India) flag Harbhajan Singh (India) M-103 | R-2224 | BaA-18 | W-417 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-42 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-28.34
World_100 Gen4 17 Carl Hooper (West Indies) flag Carl Hooper (West Indies) M-102 | R-5762 | BaA-36 | W-114 | BoA-49 | Ct/St-115 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-26.63
World_100 Gen4 18 Younis Khan (Pakistan) flag Younis Khan (Pakistan) M-118 | R-10099 | BaA-52 | W-9 | BoA-55 | Ct/St-139 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-27.03
World_100 Gen4 19 Rahul Dravid (India) flag Rahul Dravid (India) M-164 | R-13288 | BaA-52 | W-1 | BoA-39 | Ct/St-210 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-24.47
World_100 Gen4 20 Curtly Ambrose (West Indies) flag Curtly Ambrose (West Indies) M-98 | R-1439 | BaA-12 | W-405 | BoA-21 | Ct/St-18 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-26.66
World_100 Gen4 21 Chris Gayle (West Indies) flag Chris Gayle (West Indies) M-103 | R-7214 | BaA-42 | W-73 | BoA-43 | Ct/St-96 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-27.92
World_100 Gen4 22 Waqar Younis (Pakistan) flag Waqar Younis (Pakistan) M-87 | R-1010 | BaA-10 | W-373 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-18 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-27.50
World_100 Gen4 23 Mark Waugh (Australia) flag Mark Waugh (Australia) M-128 | R-8029 | BaA-42 | W-59 | BoA-41 | Ct/St-181 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-24.41
World_100 Gen4 24 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) flag Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) M-164 | R-11867 | BaA-51 | W-9 | BoA-98 | Ct/St-66 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-23.64
World_100 Gen4 25 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) flag Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) M-134 | R-12400 | BaA-57 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-202 | FPM-1.5 | avgCR-25.05
World_100 Gen4 26 Alec Stewart (England) flag Alec Stewart (England) M-133 | R-8463 | BaA-40 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-277 | FPM-2.1 | avgCR-23.11
World_100 Gen4 27 Graeme Smith (South Africa) flag Graeme Smith (South Africa) M-117 | R-9265 | BaA-48 | W-8 | BoA-111 | Ct/St-169 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-25.76
World_100 Gen4 28 Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) flag Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) M-110 | R-6973 | BaA-40 | W-98 | BoA-34 | Ct/St-78 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-26.15
World_100 Gen4 29 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) flag Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) M-120 | R-8830 | BaA-50 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-81 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-23.83
World_100 Gen4 30 Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) flag Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) M-149 | R-11814 | BaA-50 | W-6 | BoA-52 | Ct/St-205 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-23.76
World_100 Gen4 31 Mike Atherton (England) flag Mike Atherton (England) M-115 | R-7728 | BaA-38 | W-2 | BoA-151 | Ct/St-83 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-22.86
World_100 Gen4 32 Graham Thorpe (England) flag Graham Thorpe (England) M-100 | R-6744 | BaA-45 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-105 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-23.31
World_100 Gen5 1 Ravichandran Ashwin (India) flag Ravichandran Ashwin (India) M-106 | R-3503 | BaA-26 | W-537 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-36 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-34.81
World_100 Gen5 2 Joe Root (England) flag Joe Root (England) M-158 | R-13543 | BaA-51 | W-73 | BoA-47 | Ct/St-213 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-30.22
World_100 Gen5 3 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) flag Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) M-71 | R-4609 | BaA-38 | W-246 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-29 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-34.98
World_100 Gen5 4 James Anderson (England) flag James Anderson (England) M-188 | R-1353 | BaA-9 | W-704 | BoA-26 | Ct/St-107 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-25.72
World_100 Gen5 5 Ben Stokes (England) flag Ben Stokes (England) M-115 | R-7032 | BaA-36 | W-230 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-113 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-30.39
World_100 Gen5 6 Ravindra Jadeja (India) flag Ravindra Jadeja (India) M-85 | R-3886 | BaA-38 | W-330 | BoA-25 | Ct/St-47 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-32.74
World_100 Gen5 7 Stuart Broad (England) flag Stuart Broad (England) M-167 | R-3662 | BaA-18 | W-604 | BoA-28 | Ct/St-55 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-26.56
World_100 Gen5 8 Steven Smith (Australia) flag Steven Smith (Australia) M-119 | R-10477 | BaA-56 | W-19 | BoA-53 | Ct/St-201 | FPM-1.7 | avgCR-28.99
World_100 Gen5 9 Dale Steyn (South Africa) flag Dale Steyn (South Africa) M-93 | R-1251 | BaA-14 | W-439 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-26 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-29.28
World_100 Gen5 10 Nathan Lyon (Australia) flag Nathan Lyon (Australia) M-139 | R-1638 | BaA-13 | W-562 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-27.24
World_100 Gen5 11 Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) flag Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) M-93 | R-1699 | BaA-15 | W-433 | BoA-28 | Ct/St-24 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-30.40
World_100 Gen5 12 Mitchell Starc (Australia) flag Mitchell Starc (Australia) M-100 | R-2322 | BaA-20 | W-402 | BoA-27 | Ct/St-45 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-28.95
World_100 Gen5 13 Michael Clarke (Australia) flag Michael Clarke (Australia) M-115 | R-8643 | BaA-49 | W-31 | BoA-38 | Ct/St-134 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-26.42
World_100 Gen5 14 Tim Southee (New Zealand) flag Tim Southee (New Zealand) M-107 | R-2245 | BaA-15 | W-391 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-86 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-28.09
World_100 Gen5 15 Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) flag Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) M-71 | R-1031 | BaA-12 | W-336 | BoA-22 | Ct/St-34 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-30.71
World_100 Gen5 16 Alastair Cook (England) flag Alastair Cook (England) M-161 | R-12472 | BaA-45 | W-1 | BoA-7 | Ct/St-175 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-23.95
World_100 Gen5 17 Kane Williamson (New Zealand) flag Kane Williamson (New Zealand) M-105 | R-9276 | BaA-55 | W-30 | BoA-40 | Ct/St-90 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-27.08
World_100 Gen5 18 David Warner (Australia) flag David Warner (Australia) M-112 | R-8786 | BaA-45 | W-4 | BoA-67 | Ct/St-91 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-26.42
World_100 Gen5 19 Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) flag Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) M-119 | R-8214 | BaA-44 | W-33 | BoA-54 | Ct/St-78 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-24.70
World_100 Gen5 20 Virat Kohli (India) flag Virat Kohli (India) M-123 | R-9230 | BaA-47 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-121 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-24.09
World_100 Gen5 21 Ross Taylor (New Zealand) flag Ross Taylor (New Zealand) M-112 | R-7683 | BaA-45 | W-3 | BoA-16 | Ct/St-163 | FPM-1.5 | avgCR-24.43
World_100 Gen5 22 Hashim Amla (South Africa) flag Hashim Amla (South Africa) M-124 | R-9282 | BaA-47 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-108 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-22.93